JPH05284869A - Flooring material for domestic animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a flooring material for domestic animals, having a low pH, capable of preventing contamination and multiplication of almost all pathogenic bacteria and suppressing evolution of NH3 from their excretion, containing a treating agent for a raw material of covering material comprising sodium hydrogensulfate or an organic acid as a main component. CONSTITUTION:Sawdust, ground wood chips, rice hulls, etc., are blended with sodium hydrogensulfate or an organic acid such as citric acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid or adipic acid in a powdery state as it is or by dissolving or dispersing the sodium hydrogensulfate or the organic acid in water or a proper diluent and sprinkling or blending the solution, etc., with sawdust. The amount of the treating agent for raw material of covering material blended is regulated and determined in such a way that generally the minimal effective concentration against multiplication of pathogenic bacteria should not be exceeded, namely the covering material is adjusted to pH<4.5 although the amount of the treating agent is varied with the kind of the pathogenic bacteria to be controlled, thus giving the objective flooring material for domestic animals, capable of preventing contamination and multiplication of almost all pathogenic bacteria and suppressing evolution of NH3 caused by excretion of domestic animals.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to livestock bedding.
More specifically, the present invention relates to bedding used for raising livestock.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Generally, sawdust, crushed wood chips, chaff, etc. are used as bedding for raising livestock. It is polluted by substances, and as a result, its pH is raised, which is a source of propagation of poultry bacterial pathogens and generation of free ammonia, which is a cause of serious environmental pollution. For this reason, recently, methods of lowering the pH of the bedding using various acidifying agents have been proposed (Nogami Inoue, Pigeon Research (1991) Vol. 66, No. 10).
issue).

However, the details of the method for lowering the pH have not been published in the above document either. The present invention prevents the adjusted bedding from being contaminated with various bacteria, and also prevents the pH of the bedding from rising from excrement during livestock raising, suppressing the growth of bacterial pathogens, and free ammonia. The purpose is to provide bedding for a harmony and good environment.

That is, the gist of the present invention is a livestock litter containing a litter raw material treating agent containing sodium hydrogensulfate or an organic acid as a main component. Organic acids include citric acid, fumaric acid, malic acid,
Examples thereof include tartaric acid and adipic acid. As a method for producing the bedding material for livestock of the present invention, which can further add phosphoric acid, ammonium sulfate, ferrous sulfate, salts of the above organic acids, etc., the material for treating bedding material used in the present invention Or a method of mixing one or more of the above with sawdust, crushed wood chips, chaff, etc. as a raw powder, or
Examples thereof include a method of dissolving or suspending in water, an appropriate diluent or a solubilizing agent, and then spraying and mixing it with sawdust or the like. The amount of the bedding material treatment agent to be mixed varies depending on the type of bacterial pathogen to be controlled, but in general, the addition amount can be determined so that it does not exceed the growth range of these bacterial pathogens, that is, does not exceed pH 4.5. Recommended. Examples of livestock that are the subject of the livestock bedding of the present invention include cattle,
Examples include pigs and other poultry.

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples, but these examples do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Example 1 1 m ³ of sawdust was mixed with 9 kg of citric acid to prepare a litter for livestock of the present invention. PH of the obtained livestock bedding
Was 4.2.

[Example 2] Granules of sodium hydrogen sulfate 7 per 1 m ³ of sawdust
kg was blended to prepare the livestock bedding of the present invention. The pH of the obtained livestock bedding was 1.5.

[Example 3] Granules of sodium hydrogen sulfate 7 per 1 m ³ of sawdust
kg and 500 g of sodium citrate were blended to prepare the livestock bedding of the present invention. The pH of the obtained livestock bedding was 1.4.

Example 4 Granules of sodium hydrogen sulfate 7 per 1 m ³ of sawdust
kg and 0.2 kg of ammonium sulfate were blended to prepare the livestock bedding of the present invention. The pH of the obtained livestock bedding was 1.5.

[Example 5] Granules of sodium hydrogen sulfate 7 per 1 m ³ of sawdust
1 kg of ferrous sulfate was mixed to prepare the bedding for livestock of the present invention. The pH of the obtained livestock bedding was 1.5.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, bedding having a low pH can be adjusted, and it is possible to prevent the contamination and growth of most bacterial pathogens. Further, the livestock bedding of the present invention adjusted according to the above example was used in a livestock house (poultry house) of 30 m ² , but it is possible to suppress the growth of bacterial pathogens and to generate free ammonia due to livestock excrement. It was also possible to suppress this, and a good environmental condition could be obtained.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A livestock bedding containing a bedding material treating agent containing sodium hydrogen sulfate or an organic acid as a main component.